Word Meaning 慇懃無礼

いんぎんぶれい ingimburei

慇懃無礼 is read as いんぎんぶれい (ingimburei) and means superficially polite but actually rude.

Meaning

English

superficially polite but actually rude
rude under a veneer of politeness
courteous on the surface but insolent at heart

Reading

Kana

いんぎんぶれい

Romaji

ingimburei

Writing Variants

いんぎん無礼 いんぎんぶれい ingimburei

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 48 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

慇懃を通じる

いんぎんをつうじる

to have a surreptitious sexual relationship with

慇懃丁重

いんぎんていちょう

polite and courteous

慇懃

いんぎん

friendship

無礼

ぶれい

rudeness

無礼

なめ

rude

傲岸無礼

ごうがんぶれい

arrogance

傲慢無礼

ごうまんぶれい

(arrogance and) insolence

儀礼的無関心

ぎれいてきむかんしん

civil inattention

無礼千万

ぶれいせんばん

extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)

無礼講

ぶれいこう

no-holds-barred party

無礼者

ぶれいもの

insolent fellow

馬鹿慇懃

ばかいんぎん

overdone politeness

Example Sentences

あいつの慇懃無礼なものの言い方、思い出すだけで不愉快になるよ。

I find just the memory of his overly polite patronizing manner really offensive.